famous photo of flag raising at iwo jima. he was 90 years old. that does it for us. i'm heather childers. see you at 4:00. >> i'm eric shawn. shannon bream next. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: boston bombings. details are beginning to emerge about a phone call secretly recorded by the russians of one of the boston bombings suspect allegedly discussing jihad with his mother. the revelation is raising questions about how well the intelligence community is tracking potential terrorists. we'll ask former attorney general alberto gonzalez how best to keep the country safe. crossing a red line. u.s. accuses syria using chemical weapon against the own people. we will ask two senator what is if anything should the u.s. be doing now. immigration alternatives. the bipartisan gang of eight is pushing its overhaul but

many other lawmakers want to put on the breaks. we talk to republican senator offering up alternatives. leland vittert will join us live. i'm shannon bream. america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital start right now. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: first to boston. "associated press" is reporting that the u.s. officials say a russian wiretap back in 2011, caused suspicious phone calls between a bombing suspect and hitz mother. in the conversation, now dead suspect tamerlan tsarnaev reportedly vaguely discusses a jihad with his mother. some victims of the attack are moving to if next stage of their recovery. david lee miller with the latest from boston. david? >> reporter: good afternoon from boston. normally, sunday afternoon are a little on the sleepy, quiet side. this is a very different sunday. two weeks ago tomorrow that the bombings took place. as you can see over my shoulders there are hundreds

of locals an tourists coming to makeshift memorial in downtown boston. many coming to pay their respects. many other people coming to downtown boston to help businesses that were hurt economically after the blast. meanwhile, there were still some six people who were wounded in the explosion still in israel, the beth israel hospital in boston. many of the injured lost limbs and they suffered serious injuries that will require years of care. they did receive good news. the spalding rehab hospital in boston opened a new facility this weekend. among the patients rosanne, who is an amputee because of the bombing and hopes the new medical facility will accelerate recovery. >> so far it looks beautiful, i can't wait to see and use the facility here. i am looking forward to it. i'm sure it definitely going

to speed up people's recovery with everything they have. >> also still recovering joe arcenaia in a federal medical facility 40 miles outside the city of boston. depending on the level of security at that facility, inmates do not have access to tv. they do not have access to radio. some are on 24-hour surveillance. shannon, lastly, there is still no indication that anyone other than the two brothers participated in the bombing attacks, almost two weeks ago, there is still many questions. what if any help they might have received from another party. that is the latest from boston. back to you. >> shannon: alberto gonzalez joins to us talk about how the government will seek justice in the deadly attacks. welcome. good to have you. >> good morning. good to be with you.

>> shannon: i want to ask you, there is a lot of debate about the remaining suspect has been handled when it comes to legal rights and the fact that he was mirandizeed in his hospital room while the f.b.i. says it was surprised they were still questioning him. what do you make of that? >> that news surprises me. obviously, in this situation, these cases, the government should have two objectives. one is to get information to prevent another attack. to understand what happened here. and provide answers to the victims and the families of the victim to provide some level of closure. the other objective, of course, bring the individual to justice. after the 9/11 attacks, president bush gave a correction to law enforcement and the intelligence communities that the number one priority is to prevent another attack. and if that means in some cases we may have to make it more difficult for the prosecution of the individuals, then so be it. our objective would be to save lives. whether or not the government

made the right calculation in terms of bringing the person to justice, sacrifice of getting information, it's too early to tell. it remains to be seen. i do want to emphasize from my perspective, the number one objective here should be, you know, put the government in the best position possible to get the information it needs in this particular case. >> shannon: we know there are federal charges formally filed. they with work on murder charges in a number of the cases and circumstances. how do the fed and the state work together at this point to have maximum opportunity for prosecution with this suspect? >> well, what is going to happen here, of course, there is a great deal of cooperation, communication and consultation. between the federal and state authorities. i appears the federal case will go forward. after that case, it's prosecuted hopefully successfully, and the state officials will have their opportunity to bring state charges against the individual. just like you saw, federal and

state investigators working together, local officials working together. which was so instrumental in capturing the younger suspect. so going forward with respect to prosecution it will require the total cooperation, consultation and communication between the federal and the state authorities in prosecuting this individual. >> shannon: how much do you think this investigation will go overseas? how much of it will involve the russians? how coop rative do you think they are or will be? >> there are still a lot of unanswered questions. i don't think we can assume much frankly, beyond what has been reported by the government. i'm sure there is a lot of information the government has. law enforcement information. certainly intelligence information that the government within the position that not found proper yet to share with the general public. after 9/11, we worked hard as a government to develop relationships better relationships with the foreign counterparts. we knew the attacks would happen again all around the

world. we felt necessary to have the ki ofionships. with the foreign intelligence and law enforcement can share information with us and we could likewise share information with them. the relationship and the coordination communication with russian authorities, it appears to me based on what is report today is going to be extremely important. and bringing this person to justice and also in answering questions about the plot. if there were additional individuals involved. >> shannon: you mentioned that there were a lot of changes in the wake of 9/11. to try to better system and how we close the net in on the suspects like these. what about the coordination between various agencies? there is talk about whether it's improved when you talk about the c.i.a., f.b.i. even d.o.j. do you think there are lessons we may learn from what happened in boston about whether we're make progress gress on the fronts or whether there is still more to do? >> every time there is a plot, and we are successful in stopping it or the plot is successful we learn something.

to zo clearly we are better today in terms of sharing information within federal government, between federal agencies than we were on 9/11. is it perfect? it's not. but we strive to become perfect. like other previous plots, we have been success nel stopping there will be lessons learned from here. so that we can become even better in protecting america going forward. >> shannon: do you think the justice department will ultimately answer many of the questions getting about the magistrate who showed up at the hospital as we discussed? i think of congressman mike rogers, of course, heading up a key committee, former f.b.i. agent himself. he called the move confusing and dangerous and he is asking for answers. do you think he will get them? >> i think congress is exercising the oversight authority to find out on behalf ofrican people what happened here. again, if actions were taken that were inconsistent with established protocol, if actions were take than may make it more dif can you want to gather information we could

have gotten, those are legitimate questions that congress ought to be requestinasking.if i'm the attol and something happened that shouldn't have happened that may have hampered our ability to gather information, i would be asking those same questions. i'm sure the white house is asking the questions. hopefully we will get answers soon anbe american people will know what happened here. >> shannon: i want your thoughts on the dedication of the bush library in texas this week. the key member of that administration, your thoughts? >> it was a lot of fun to see everyone. frankly, humbling to get, to be reminded of the fact that i had the opportunity to work with talented people. to work in the white house, to work with president bush in historic period in history loom back on the time with pride and look back on the relationship and dealings with president bush with affection and respect. >> shannon: thank you for your service to the country and for joining us today. former attorney general alberto gonzalez. thank you, sir.

>> thank you. >> shannon: it's your turn to weigh in at home. do you think federal judge should have read the boston suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev miranda warning while the f.b.i. was still in the process of questioning him? tweets your answers -- i will read system of your responses later on in this hour. the problem is, you know, the president has laid down the line. he can't be a dotted line. it can't be anything other than a red line. more than just syria, iran is paying attention to this. north korea is paying attention to this. so i think the options aren't huge but some action needs to be taken. >> that was house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers on abc's "if this week" weighing in on the syrian situation and whether or not the u.s. should get involved. conor powell is in the mideast bureau and he joins with us more. hello, conor. >> hello, shannon. there is international pressure for the united states to intervene in syria now that

there is evidence that they used chemical weapons. former general said he was ordered to use chemical weapons in the tunnels and caves used by rebels but he refused the orer and instead used disinfected water. he defected a couple of months later. president obama said the use of chemical weapons would cross a red line forcing action but stopped short of saying what action would be taken. the white house is very concerned about the use of chemical weapons against rebels and civilians. but equally concerned that the weapons may fall in hands of extremist groups fighting alongside with the rebels. president obama on friday essentially reduced expectations that the united states would intervene in syria anytime soon. american officials fear that as bad as assad may be and as bad as the violence may be now, what comes after he is removed may be more chaotic and violent. as the debate continues, the rebels attack a government air base in the province today, while the syrian forces repeatedly shelled rebel

positions in and around the province of aleppo. shannon? with the latest from the middle east. thank you. distributors of videos circulating on the web claim it shows proof syrian government is guilty of attacking the own citizen with the kim call weapons. just last week they admitted the likelihood that syria used small amount of chemical weapons and president obama said if syria does that, there will be consequences. senator jim rich on the intelligence and foreign affairs committee and join us us now live. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> shannon: based on what you know and what you are heard and seen, what is your take on whether or not syria has crossed that line? >> well, as far as crossing the line of using chemical weapons, there is no question in my mind they have. we saw proof of it, the interest thing is this is not news to people who are in the intelligence community. this information has been out there for at least a month. i'm assuming that the president has known it for a month.

i assume he has access to at least as good of intelligence briefings as we do. so this is not news. the difficulty is, you have covered this, once the president said this is a red line, what do you do about that? the thing you don'tbe want to do in this area of the world is show any kind of weakness. once you said this is a red line, he is going to have to handle it somehow. because iran is watching this very, very closely. that is the most important issue here, how iran perceive what is we do, when we lay down a red line, then the opposing party crosses the red line. >> shannon: in addition to what the president said, then secretary of state hillary clinton in december said suffice it to say, we are planning to take action if the eventuality were to occur. meaning the use of the chemical weapons. what are the options on the snail talk about helping to create a no fly zone in aiding rebels there? how do we make decisions what about to arm, and how to vet them? what is your take on what the

options are? >> well, there is no good options. that is first thing. the president is faced with very, very difficult decisions to make here. i notice on friday, he started to walk it back a little bit. he said the red line was really the open use of chemical weapons, whatever that means. i guess closed use isn't the red line he was talking about. i can understand why they want to walk it back now. once that statement was made. you have to move forward doing something. this is not like a lot of other places in the world. damascus is one of the most heavy guarded, has one of the best air defense systems in the world. i have herd people say it's the fourth best. whatever it is. it's one of the top aerodefense systems in the world. going in there with a typical type of military assault from the air is going to be difficult. the american people need to understand if somebody pulls the trigger over there, you are going to be talking about

very, very significant conbe flick, because obviously, before you can send air power in you have to take out the air defenses. they are in amongst a lot of civilians. there is just a lot of difficulties going in to that country. >> shannon: how much pressure do you think the president is under publicly now? to folks here at home, who are going to be concerned about him committing any additional resources, versus those who are there in the region to say this is a real issue? they are convinceed they want to see action. >> we met with one of our best allies in the area last week. king agullah from jordan who has been a stalwart ally of ours. if you listen to him and turkey and other neighbors, they are not as excited as pulling the trigger as some

people are. if there is u.s. involvement there is deep ripples going out from where the involvement is. having said, that i'm not so sure that the neighbors are excited about doing things like putting boots on the ground. the america people are war weary. to sell this to the american people, we should put boots on the ground, it's very, very difficult for the president. inition to that, the use of the chemicals have been limited from what we have seen. there is physiological evidence to confirm they used chemical. it's not widespread at this point. but the question is, where is that red line? is it limited use? widespread use? those are questions the president has to answer. those are very, very difficult questions. >> shannon: yes, they are. senator jim rich, we thank you for your time today. >> thank you. >> shannon: well, the israeli military says it's

responding to rocket attacks from gaza. with airstrikes on hamas targets. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to nip these spore radk attacks in bud saying if they continue, those responsible will pay a heavy price. hamas controls the gaza strip. israeli military said it use a training center used by hamas. there is an armed standoff going on in government building in libya. 200 men with machine guns on trucks circled the foreign ministry building in tripoli. they are demanding the government get rid of former gaddafi loyalist and hire rebel fighters who helped overthrow the dictator. so far no, protesters have entered the building. keep an eye on that situation. still to come, when it comes to immigration reform, the so-called gang of eight gets the headlines but they are not the only game in town. louisiana senator leland vittert joins us live to offer imhis ideas on immigration reform alternatives.

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public might for the first time hear from witnesses to the assault. they said questions remain and promise that congress will get answers. >> there is a reason we don't let kids grade their own papers in school and we don't let the defendants sentence themselveses in court. the state department should not investigate whether or not the state department did a good job. i should be congress. it's going to be congress very shortly. >> earlier in week, interim report by the house republicans was released and faulted the state department and the former secretary hillary clinton for security deficiencies at the mission. >> shannon: when we come back, we look at the headlines making choose at this hour, street party that got way out of hand in colorado. hundreds of people, climbing the light pole. we'll show you how things got back under control. later on, senator leland vittert's vision of immigration reform. we will hear his alternative to the senate gang of eight. flying is old hat for business travelers.

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>> shannon: the father of the two suspects in the boston bombing says he is postponing his trip to the u.s. bottom of the hour. elizabeth prann is standing by with some of your top stories. >> anzor tsarnaev is putting off the trip because of poor health and told the "associated press" that he is "really sick" and his blood pressure spiked. earlier he said he planned come to the u.s. to hope to see the younger son and burying his older one. closing arguments in trial of dr. kermit gosnell are scheduled for tomorrow. the 72-year-old doctor is charged with killing babies born alive in a philadelphia abortion clinic and also charged in the overdose death of adult. and party near colorado state university came to a halt last night. fort collins police said they

had to use tear gas to break up group of 300 people. the spokeswoman said the officers asked the party goers to leave but they threw bottles at the police and began to climb street lights and cars. f.b.i. is charges james dutschke for putting poison and ricin in letters sent to the president and others. he was arrested yesterday. earlier in police zeroed in on his friend and former rival before deciding they had the wrong man. those are the top stories. back to you. that story we're looking at is getting more and more bizarre by the day. >> shannon: it is. many twists and turns. >> yes. >> shannon: we will see if this is the end of it. thank you. >> thanks. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: in last 90 days the federal government posted 6,730 newly propose federal regulations at their website, regulations.gov. you can check it out. the agency with more actions

under review than any other is the environment patrol text agency. a number of states are fighting back against the e.p.a. and a number of court battles. earlier i talked to oklahoma attorney general scott pruett about his role in that fight. >> you are referencing something where the e.p.l. be sued by a sirra club or environmental group in the day that the lawsuit is brought or thereafter will confess judgment and say you got us. we send up the white flag. then agree to things that congress didn't mandate. so they are using the judicial process to make themselves do things that the law doesn't require affecting states all over the country. oklahoma in particular. sue and settle. justice department and the epa ought to come in an vigorously defend the actions under the clean air or water act or whatever environmental law is that instead of vigorously defending it, they come in and just give up. agree to the demands of that environmental organization at the expense of the states.

>> as this is being worked out and negotiated, settled as you would say, the states don't have a seat at the table. you are not part of the discussion. yet, the regulations, the costs that come with them are handed to you and you never had a chance to fight. >> how egregious that oklahoma is not part of the proceeding in california. that same proceeding, epa agrees to do things that affects oklahoma or north dakota or another state. a practice we are conbe concerned about. one thing we have done in addition to the coalition that you refer to is we have sent a foia request. freedom of information act request to the epa saying we want all e-mails and telephonic communications that occurred with the organizations, with respect to these cases. so we can see if there is collaboration, any discussion before lawsuit was brought. this may shock you, maybe not. but the epa hasn't responded. they haven't provided that information. so that coalition of states, is looking at right now taking steps to say we need that

information to find out how we were affected adversely in light of agreement you were making. >> when you had no voice in the process at all. >> the e.p.a. has come under heat because it's a powerful agency. how does it work and how can it handle the regulations to impact you. what chance do states have to fight back? >> what we take seriously is what congress said. the clean air act is an example. has something called the regional haze rule. aesthetics or visibility rule. states will give the primary authority to develop the state plans to meet the obligations of that law. oklahoma did that in 2010, as an example. and the epa came in, in 2011 and said we don't like what you did. we'll kick it out. the only thing wrong with, that it was inconsistent with law. their plan would cost $2-2 $2-2.5 billion for utility companies to cause the utility rate for consumers to go up 20% in three years, annually. so we thought back. and said you can't do that.

because congress said you can't, to hold them accountable. we won. as far as them prevented from implementing that. the states can take action and should take action to take seriously what congress said we can do. >> shannon: you make an important point, when the regulations are handed down they are not free. often, it's required that will is a cost benefit analysis when issued. so you can see if the benefit lines one how much it will cost you. you point out it would have cost consumer more money when folks don't have extra cash. >> the epa says no to coal, you can't use coal to generate electricity. says you have to use something else. or put scrubbers on all of your coal-fired plants and that translates the cost. $2 to $2.5 billion of cost to comply with something that epa doesn't say you do. federalism in action. state attorney general saying that's not what the law says. we will hold you accountable. i protects the citizens we

serve. the consumers, consume the electricity. >> the framers set up the checks and balances. very delicately. we know you are taking a big role in making sure plays out as intended. thank you for stopping by to update us. >> you're very kind. thank you. >> shannon: up next the immigration debate. he says the gang of eight proposal isn't tough enough. senator leland vittert joins us live. the stars came out in washington, did president obama and conan o'brien rise to the occasion? we report, you decide. >> i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. it was a wonderful event. that inspired me to get started on my own legacy, which will begin by building another ettifice nextbe to bush library. can we show that, please?

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>> shannon: the midwest is bracing for more flooding today. temperatures are melting the leftover snow as they warm up. texas, heavy rains are causing flooding. in one case, the collapse of a roof at a gas station. meteorologist janice dean is tracking it all from the fox weather center and has the forecast. hello, janice. >> hi, shannon. more rain is in the forecast for areas that just don't need to see any more of it. let's take a look at the system going back this time yesterday. where we saw all of that rainfall across the tennessee river valley and texas. incredible video out of texas, where in some cases we got over six inches of rain in an hour's time. that is just unheard of. firefighters dealing with 150 water rescues with the motorists driving through high water and getting tracked. six inches in hours of harris county. 7.25 inches around sugar land.

the firefighters had their hands full. thankfully nobody was injured and no one died. that is the good news. we have rain in the forecast over the next several days. rain across tennessee and incredible amount of rain in hours over harris county in and around the houston area. watch the system move across the east coast and then we will watch another storm push across the midwest early next week. that is going to compromise those floodwaters across the mississippi river valley an tributaries that feed in the mississippi. we will keep you posted and we want people to be safe. back to you. >> shannon: thank you, janice. >> of course, shannon. >> shannon: well, the white house correspondents' dinner is annual ritual in washington when journalists and politicians call a truce and enjoy a night out. we roast each other along the way. president obama got plenty of

laughs so that meant conan o'brien had a tough act to follow. he set his sights on the media with politicians across the spectrum, as you will see in slide show he played at the end of his remarks. >> well, tonight, i'm excited to announce turner broad caking is going to make a -- broadcasting is going to make television mini series about the power players in washington. they just finished the casting. i would like to announce who is going to play who. this is big. vice president joe biden is going to be played by bob bar barker. [ laughter ] former white house advisor david axelrod will be played by higgins from "magnum p.i." this was also produced by steven spielberg, by the way. representative paul ryan will be played by mr. bean. [ laughter ]

senator chuck schumer will be played by grandpa munster. senator harry reid will be played by the old man from the american gothic painting. fox news ceo roger aeles will be played by boss hog. we signed the deal. speaker of the house john boehner will be played by ca cam-mom. secretary of homeland security will be played by paul gioma giomadi. former white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel, will be played by

suie of "family guy." secretary john kerry will be played by an easter island head. i cannot tell those two apart! supreme court chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz lightyear. senator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. cnn anchor wolf blitz her be played by a furbie. nra executive vice president wayne lapierre will be played by the face melt guy from "raiders of the lost ark." and finally, white house press secretary, jay carney will be played by ralphie from a

christmas story. >> shannon: let us know what you think. much more to come on america news headquarters. hosni mubarak wants a get out of jail card. will we get it? stay tuned. ♪ using supercomputing and mobile technology over our secure network, verizon innovators are building a world of medical treatment data in the cloud.

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tradition where each president picks a president. i chose lincoln. in my case, influential president, has a lot of means, because my dad is by far the most influential president. i wouldn't be here as a former president without his uncome love. i tell people 41 portrait is in my heart and you put lincoln on the wall. he had a great vision for country. leadership requires vision, and principles. lin scon a great example of that. >> tonight at 9:00 p.m. >> shannon: the gang of eight made a public push for support of its bipartisan immigration plan, but not everyone is on board. senator leland vittert is

looking for alternatives and joins us now live to explain. thank you for your time today? >> thank you, shannon. appreciate it. >> shannon: you may have many objections but can you sum up for us what are the key concerns about what is offered up by the bang of eight? >> well, first of august, i think all of us agree on a lot of things. this is the nation of immigrants, proud tradition of immigration and broken system which we need to fix. the question is how do we really fix it? my biggest concern if you want to get it to one thing, my biggest concern with the bang of eight proposal and president obama is that legalizes the status of a 11 million or so illegals before we prove out real enforcement. before we put real enforcen't measures in place. prove those are working. fundamentally we need to reverse that. >> shannon: are you referring to physical things like a physical fence or things to deal with immigrants

themselves? the checks they go through and the different -- >> i'm talking about enforcement at the border and at the workplace. that only happen or doesn't happen after legal status of 11 million or so folks who are changed in this country. i think that is just backwar backwards. we need reverse that order. >> shannon: do you think the senate is taking enough time so you and others with concern can express them in context of debating what is offered up? or is it necessary for you and others to introduce separate measures? >> i have introduced separate measures and many other members have as well. i'm sure it's subject of amendment for vehicle on the floor. how major of a debate we have we have to see the path

forward that reed plays out. i'm hoping it's full an fair debate in committee and on the senate floor. >> shannon: i know that a number of proposals i have been taking a look at what you have have come one and what you want to so as a terntives one thing has been controversial bringing up the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship. tell us how you want to another modify the current policy. >> we are the only major industrialized country to make a person a citizen because of the physical aspect of their birth in this country. so a child can be born in this country of two noncitizens. fact two illegal immigrants for instance and that child is a citizen. that is not the rule for any other modernized industrialized society. i have a specific proposal for that and other proposals as

well. to increase visa for high-tech and educated folks to join the workforce. the 9/11 terrorist situation couldn't happen again and we track folks coming in the country to overstay the visa. that is a big gap in enforcement side as well. >> shannon: we know you have tax credit and many others. we'll keep an eye on those. on the overall debate as it plays out. senator leland vittert, thank you for your time. >> thanks very much, shannon. >> shannon: much more coming up in the next hour of america news headquarters, live from washington, including the situation in syria. regime under siege. allegations of chemical weapons. red lines potentially crossed. maryland senator, democrat ben harden joins to us tell us what if anything he thinks the u.s. should do next. and a little bit later -- >> i'm jonathan serrie. tennessee residents complain about the textbook in use in the state public schools. it will show you what it's all

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>> shannon: a group of tennessee parents is upset over a high school geography textbook. they say several passages are biased against israel but the school board is defending the use of the book. jonathan serrie takes a look at both sides of the issue. >> reporter: more than 700 high school stew you dents enrolled

in -- students enrolled in college level classes on geography. julie west whose son is enrolled in the class at franklin high school takes issue you with the textbook. >> the left of terrorist attacks. >> points to a pass and stating that distinguishing terrorism from other acts of political violence can be difficult. are for example if a palestinian suicide bomber kills several dozen israeli teenagers is that an act of terrorism or wartime retaliation? >> it is not the okay to ask children things like that to put the ideas in their heads and not expect there to be a consequence down the road. >> textbook author james reubenstein says the question is taken out of context. in the book it is followed by an explanation of both sides of the issue. in an e-mail to fox news he writes it is important to understand why terrorists attack, understanding is not the same thing as justifying

the attack. >> my view you is the book is acknowledging there are two sides to every story and people come to problems with different perspectives and so i think it asks students to think openly. >> reporter: but bill nigen who says he is supports vigorous debate thinks the paragraph on palestinian terrorism cross the line. >> to ask whether a bombing that kills israeli children is a proper are response to so-called acts of war is absurd. i mean children are not legitimate targets in a war. >> reporter: while school officials had informal meetings with west they say they have yet to receive a formal written complaint. if that were to happen they would form a committee to conduct a thorough review of the book. in brentwood, tennessee, jonathan sed errie, fox news.

red lines about chemical weapons thereby giving a green light to bashar assad to do anything short of that. >> shannon: arizona senator john mccain weighing in on the situation in syria and how the u.s. should respond now. some republicans claim that president obama boxed himself in by drawing that red line. i'm shannon bream. a brand new hour of america's news headquarters live from washington begins right now with team coverage of the situation in syria. conor pow you wel pow powell ot bureau. >> now, that there is evidence that the aassad regime has used chemical weapons there is mounting pressure to intervene. today said he was ordered to use chemical weapons in the tunnels and caves used by rebel ares but refused the order and

instead used disinfected water. president obama said that chemical weapons would force a redline forcing action. the white house is concerned about the use of chemical weapons on rebels and civilians but equally concerned that the weapons may fall into the hands of extremist groups fighting alockside rebels. president obama said friday the united states was deliberating and using all due caution about whether or not the united states would intervene in syria lowering tax increases that the u.s. would intervene any time soon. american officials fear that as bad as assad may be now when it comes after he leaves it may be even worse and may be more chaotic and more violent. as the debate rages on about the use of chemical weapons in syria so too does the fighting. the u.n. estimating more than 70,000 people killed in the violence there and that number is only likely to increase. shannon?

>> shannon: conor pow you well the latest from syria. an israeli cabinet minister say chemicals were used and the u.s. should intervene. elizabeth prann with more on the allegations. >> the white house is treading lightly to' void any missteps. while some lawmakers argue we do need to be doing more in the war torn country senator john mccain along with other republican lawmakers say that red line the president drew himself has already been crossed. is. >> sooner or later he most likely would in order to maintain his hold on power. but what has happened here is the president drew reds about chemical weapons giving a green light to bashar assad to do anything short of that including scud missiles and helicopter gunships and air strikes and mass excuses and atrocities that are on a scale

that we have not seen in a long, long time. >> the senator also supports human tearian safe air aias in neighboring countries to protect refugees. meanwhile the administration seaing although there is evidence syrian government forces have used chemical weapons there is still too much unanswered questions. officials want to do more investigation into the situation and avoid a repeat of the 2003 invasion into iraq. supporters of the administration say any move needs to be carefully calculate. >> we have had a little problem with going to the u.n. with the idea of weapons of mass destruction before so we certainly want to finish the investigation. >> no one from the administration has discussed a possible timeline for any akron shortageaction. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: thank you. the chairman of the house homeland security committee tells "fox news sunday" that he believes the boston marathon bombing suspects had some training in carrying out the attack.

as the investigation twists and turns the city of boston is rallying around the victims of the attack. rick is there live in boston for the latest. hi, rick? >> city leaders have been encouraging people in the community to come down here to the back bay and show support for the victims of the bombings and for the businesses located here on boyle street. the street is fully opened for the first weekend since the bombings asquare alive with a lot of visitors checking out the memorial just behind us here. hundreds if not thousands of people leaning up and passing through to pay respects and in some cases leave tennis shoes on the barricade or their own hand written notes and posters and flowers to honor those who were fallen and in fact one of visitors this weekend was a bombing victim who we spoke with. a spectator who suffered an open fracture of her left ankle when one of the bombs exploded ten feet away from her. had three surgeries in five

days. she is a runner and her goal is to completely recover and compete in the marathon in 2014. >> that is who i am. i'm a runner, you know. i have run lots of races. i want to be back. almost the first thing in my head besides making sure that i was going to be okay was man i was just starting to get fast. that goes my training regimen out the window for a moment. i'm too stubborn. i'm going to be back. >> the u.s. marshall service not commenting on the level of cooperation from is suspect dhokhar tsarnaev who was moved in the air le morning hours friday from his guarded hospital room at beth israel to the federal medical center at fort devins. investigators have plenty of questions for him. and they are questioning a couple of his friends who posed with him for a picture in times square last april.

they were arrest ared after the bombings because of problems with their student visas. they say they have is no connection to the attacks. we will hear from their lawyer later today, shannon. >> shannon: we look forward to that. thank you. there are are plenty of questions surrounding the investigation and the questioning of the surviving suspect. bring in former massachusetts senator scott brown to talk about his take on the situation. senator, thank you for joining us. you bring a unique perspective on many fronts. an attorney having served in the military as well. what do you make of how the case has been handled so far with the surviving suspect? >> when was arrest ared i thought the law enforcement personnel did yeoman's work but the discussion comes how will we treat him. a u.s. citizen. treat him like an ordinary criminal or enemy combatant and not provide him the rights. he was being questioned pursuant to the public safety exception and then out of left

field the justice department comes in and he gets all lawyered up. now, that is going to be the question du jour. was that the right decision. is there still some type of public safety exception with more attacks projected to come down the road and that is what we are all kind of wrestleling with and we wish that the justice department would talk to the other people involved and get their act together the that is for sure. >> shannon: there has been heat on the justic justice departme. a number of lawmakers saying we would like answers about how this happened. posit a guess whytive for do you think the doj decided to move ahead when the suspect was so injured in the beginning and was behe beginning to communicate with the fbi. he is a u.s. citizen but you why do you think the doj thought it was important to move in and read the miranda

rights. >> we have very little confidence in eric holder. he wanted to try ksm in downtown new york at tremendous risk and expense. i can't answer that. i don't think people here in boston quite understand why this guy was lawyered up immediately when after the fact we know that he was laid up and in surgery and unable to communicate. there is a reasonable expectation that you have to get him to answer some is basic questions to see god forbid what if there were other bombs planted and other members in a cell. i for one obviously pure speculation but i can't imagine that these guys did this buy themselves. we will soon find out. >> shannon: there are a lot of questions as we talked about whether they had training where it came from if they did have it and so many question hes about the older brother who is not surviving and his trip to russia and conversations he may have had there. how big a role do you think russia will play?

do you think they will cooperate us get to the bottom of this? >> they were cooperating at one point and we kind of blew them off. i don't have any reason to doubt that they won't cooperate. with russia you but verify. any information that can shed light on the why. the parents are not living in reality. while i can understand they are distraught everything they are saying is not based on fact and you know this whole thing is pretty crazy right now. but as you pointed out earlier in the show, people in -- throughout the country have been so wonderful to boston and to the citizens who were hurt. so many philanthropic going on. the young lady who referenced about wanting to get back and get running. we are a tough breed around here and want to thank everybody for all their help and support. >> shannon: we are going to talk with a business owner who launched one of the efforts later this hour.

how are the people there feeling? do you think they are feeling confident and moving forward? still some fear there that there may be loose ends or other things that haven't been tracked down just yet? >> i think the people do believe there are loose ends. i leave that there are loose ends still and i think we were getting more and more information. now, the bargaining chip between him either getting the death penalty or life in prison is the only thing he has to bargain for. we may find out. what if we needed to find out right now and there was another cell in another part of country. what if there were others we could have tracked down. that is what we are kind of wrestling with. bostonnians and a people from massachusetts and throughout the country especially when you go into a sporting event or are concert will pay attention a little bit more. not be embarrassed by saying i saw somebody leave something over there that looks a little suspicious. we changed the way that we are approaching these things but not going to let them change the way we do it. we will still show up as

evidenced by what is happening down in boston right now. a lot of of people there. a fantastic 118th marathon with a tremendous amount of people showing up and standing strong. that is what we do, boston strong. >> shannon: something tells me it will be a record crowd out there. thanks for joining us today. >> thank you very much. >> shannon: we have been asking if you think a federal judge should have read boston bombing suspect dhokhar tsarnaev a miranda warning while the fbi was still questioning him. donald said no way and the question is who authorized this mockery of justice. devin said, yes, he is a u.s. citizen regardless of the horrendous crimes he committed. the u.s. one of the best benefits innocent until proven guilty. tweet us your answers. we will read more of your responses later this hour. well, the jury will hear closing arguements in the trial of a fell famous music abortion doctor tomorrow.

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>> shannon: well, the midwest has been soaked with rain and now you warmer temperatures are melting snow in the region hitting residents in that part of country with a double whammy. residents along the red river in fargo, north dakota concerned about the rising waters which already are more than 7 feet above the flood stage. chicago marked its wettest april on record. meteorologist janice dean is at the fox weather center with more on the forecast today. hello, janice. >> hi. they need the rain. of course, we had a drought this time last year but, of course, it is too much of a good thing because we are dealing with flooding.

take a look at the mississippi river. that big river that really pushes all the way down to the gulf coast and then we have is the tributaries the missouri river and ohio river valley that also feed into this. all along the mississippi river as the tributaries feed in the river gets pushed southward. flash flood watches around warnings in place. as shannon mentioned the temperatures are nice across the northern plains and upper midwest but snow pack here that is going melt. the red river valley we are watching carefully pushing in towards canada. this is the river moves northward as you can believe that. so all of that snow melt is going to just lead into that and cause massive flooding. we could actually see close to record floods 38 feet is where we are thinking the river is going to crest later on this week. so we are are going to keep you posted on that. otherwise we are watching this big system move eastward bringing incredible amounts of

rain for texas up towards tennessee. that will continue to move eastward and unfortunately we will see more rein in the forecast for the regions i just talked about. so as we get into today, that cold front is going to move eastward bringing anywhere from 1 to 2 inches towards the mississippi river valley and in towards the mid atlantic region and then as we head into wednesday, shannon, looks like another system is going to bring not only rain but snow over parts of the northern and central plains. certainly something we will keep a close eye on as all of the rivers are really at or past their flood stage in a lot of these areas. back to you. >> shannon: did you say snow? i feel like i need to check my calendar, janet. >> some of the areas could break snowfall records. late in the season to see snow in the region. just one computer model. we will fine tune it and bring you the latest later this week. late in the season snow.

say it ain't snow. >> shannon: we'll leave it to you, you are the expert. thank you, janice. >> oh. >> shannon: the faa expects staffing levels to be back to normal tonight. on friday, congress passed a law you that' lous the f.a.a. to shift funds around and avoid furloughing employees but complaints coming from both sides. >> this week the sequester hurt travelers who were stuck for hours in airports and on planes and are rightly frustrated by it. maybe because they fly home each weekend the members of congress who insisted on the cuts finally realized that they apply to them, too. >> there were some in obama administration who thought inflicting pain on the public would give the president more leverage to it avoid making necessary spending cuts and impose more tax hikes on the american people. >> shannon: it this is win for the gop after playing a game of chicken with the white house. fox news contributor karl rove joins us to break it done. hi, karl.

>> good morning, how you are you? >> shannon: there is a lot of debate about whether sequestration is supposed to be painful and obviously pain. when it came counselors t downd people were stuck on o the tarmac congress did something about one agency being able to have flexibility here. >> look, the administration had the ability to be flexible. could move 2% of the funds around within the department of transportation within the faa to avoid some of this. but it chose not to. in fact, what is interesting to me is think about this, the consultant budget at the faa is $500 million. their supplies and travel is $325 million. that is about $40 million, 2% of that is over $40 million. there is a $474 million new program to give communities grants to be liveable and sustainable. we aren't even paying for what we need to do and what we are already doing and they have a

new program to create this grant program. they could have asked for the congress to repeal the grant program entirely before it even began. no, they decided to make it hurt and be painful and then the president yesterday went out and took a 2 by 4 to congress over the sequestration fix forgettinga phoenix that h was his idea for the sequestration. most democrats in congress voted for the sequestration to be put in place and the vast majority of democrats in the congress voted tore the faa fix that he was criticizing yesterday in his radio address. >> shannon: how will this be spun then? there will be other agencies to come forward and our military expressed great concerns throughout the pentagon and defense departments questions about hollowing out forces and about real needs that are there. so how does congress or the white house now say to those groups well, we did the fix for the faa but you you are not going to get one? >> yeah, well, we have got two different sets of agencies. the military falls in one

category and most other agencies fall in another category. the mel terri has a concern about -- the military has a concern about the absolute dollars of money available. given flexibility earlier this year by a measure that came out of the republican house and adopted by the democratic senate so they have flexible to move funds around. just simply saying we don't have enough funds. other agencies don't have the same flexibility granted to the military, the defense department and in a small way to the agriculture department. we are leakily to see this repeated. the administration appears to be bent on making the sequestration hurt even if they have the ability to move the funds around from less important programs to more important programs to keep things from being mixed up as they were with the faa. they could have moved 2% of the money out of a $500 million consult isant budget and avoided some of the cuts. could have moved money out of the $325 million budget for

supplies and travel and didn't do it. they could have said we aren't paying for what we got so please don't start this new program. please revoke the authority for the $474 million sustainable and liveable grant program and the whole problem at the faa could have been avoided. >> shannon: i got to ask you a big week down in it texas this week for your former president george w. bush. what do you think of the reflex positive and some negative as well, just a few months out. >> the museum is inspiring and deeply moving. i watched people including some hard bitten journalists come out of washing i watching in tn about 9/11 with tears this their eyes. a powerful explanation of what was transpiring at that moment. the library gives people a chance to put themselves in the

president's place. some technology that allows vetors to make their own decisions about being given information what would they do about iraq or katrina. it is a wonderful institution and a wonderful addition to our nations libraries presidential libraries and it will be a great addition to dallas. president bush's recovery not the polls this last week, i saw the abc washington post poll he had the largest recovery of any president in that poll new hampshire history. and i think it is a sign that the american people are starting to put his eight years in office in perspective and coming to a different conclusion than they might have had in january of 2009. >> shannon: really having to watch the shift in the numbers and see that happen. karl rove thank you very much on all accounts today.

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>> shannon: chairman mike mccaul says he believes the boston training suspects had training. he citeds the sophistication of the bomb at outside help. he made the comments on "fox news sunday" today. watch the entire exclusive interview right after america's news headquarters. syria's neighbors turkey and jordan would be reluctant par tess pants in a u.s.-led response to to syria's use of chemical weapons. they have been long time critics of bashar assad but you are critical of u.s. intelligence after the

erroneous intelligence of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. egyptian state news says they are requiring mubarak to stay in jail for 15 days. mubarak has been held for more than two years for charges that include the death of protesters during the 2011 uprising. he can appeal the latest decision. a prison camp at guantanamo bay has been a topic of controversy including efforts to create a justice system for enemy combatants. author and "wall street journal" reporter joins us along with lieutenant colonel now reteared stewart couch. thank you both for coming. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: interesting to look at this in the context of what is playing out in boston. two brothers. one became a u.s. citizen.

tamerlan tsarnaev who didn't survive but his younger brother did and beam a citizen. how differently would be they treated in the context of what is set up for terror suspects? >> military commissions in the past haven't made any distinction based on citizenship. including in world war ii. the current is the first that trishs peaced on sit denship. that means that we can't put dhokhar tsarnaev before a mill tare arery commission. had his brother survived we could. the first prisoner was john walker lind who turned out to be a u.s. citizen and the military commission system wasn't able to try him. had, however, tamerlan survived and went before a military commission as the statute is written now you the differences would not be that great according to the administration. when you talk about the current version military commissions which is version number three

what the government emphasizes is how similar they are to federal courts and courts martial instead of how different they are. it is unclear that trying him by military commission would get the government anything if what the government wants to do is avoid the usual constitutional protections the government has. >> shannon: and many stops and starts and evolutions with the military courts or commissions as you point out. colonel, you had great concerns and raised a red flag about how things were operating in guantanamo bay during your time in the service. how concerned were you about the flaws in the system and do you think they have been corrected to any extent? >> well, at the time that i was involved in military commissions, shannon, that was between 2003 and 2006 it was the first time that military commissions had been used by the united states since world war ii. so as a system that is not -- was commonly used there were going to be issues getting

started. most notably because this was the first time we used military commissions since 1951. there were a lot of issues to contend with about what if anything of the ucmj was going be applicable to the cases and what was not. also our notions of due process. significant change from the last team we had used military commissions in world war ii until the present and those issues had to be contended with as well. >> shannon: and do you in covering this for years and having been there and seen it first hand, do you think that the most major flaws have been corrected? do you think that guantanamo bay as it now stands will continue despite the president's hopes that he had to close it? what do you think happens in the future? >> the military commission system on paper are now is quite different from the way it began. the actual cases prosecuted including the 9/11 case moving

in fits and starts over the past couple years all the cases originated before 2004. the problems that the government will have with the cases involved coerced statements and so on will exist regardless of what the rules are on paper. had they started with the current version of the military commission the third version there probably would not have been the same kind of objections from human rights people and so forth. on other hand they are is so similar to regular courts people might have said why bother if it is similar to what we are going to do anyway. it reflects one of the main themes of the book which is a huge disconnect between the political leadership pushing for military commissions and the professional legal corps that was carrying them out. the poe let cal leadership of the country not having a good acquaintanceship with the way military justice works thinking they could use it as a way to get around the protections that americans have. they didn't sign up to have summary trials.

they thought though were enforcing a kind of justice not a sort of rough justice with some of the political officials wanted. that took place earlier. now, at guantanamo bay i heard described as the legal equivalent of a superfund site. 166 men who are there. no political interest in the united states to really resolve that issue you. pressure coming from the hunger strike and so on. until either the president or the congress decide that doing something about this situation will be less difficult than doing nothing about the situation. i think it will stick around. >> shannon: the book is called the terror courts and folks will be able to learn a lot from your experiences in sharing and what you have seen there and where we go from here. jeff and colonel couch thank you for sharing your stories. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: guess how old this burger is. i don't know if you will live be lovin' it. our most clicked stories are next. you hurt my feelings, todd.

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you have a letter in here to a big rock store. >> i do. bono who became a pal. he was skeptical of me and i was skeptical of him. bono is the real deal. >> through you this institute as a new you grandfather what is the world that you hope to help continue to build for her? >> i hope that little mila who i got to hug last week obviously grows up in a world that is peaceful. the museum talks about history and lessons and how to make decisions but also is hopefully an inspiration for somebody to go out a community a better place and i hope little mila grows up and i think she

will. >> i think she will. >> the country will be still a generous country. >> up close with 43. president george w. bush tonight at 9:00 p.m. >> shannon: antiwar protesters gathered in england yesterday to express opposition to drone flights in afghanistan. until last week, british drones were are controlled out of an air force base in nevada. the activists argued the drone war fare makes it to easy to activate in a distance. thdistance. syria is denying u.s. accusations that it has used chemical weapons in attacks on rebels. washington is still trying to pin down definitive proof but you there is a lack of agreement over whether to use america ms military to intervene. senator ben cardin joins us

live. senator, thank you for your time today. >> my pleasure. good to be with you. thanks. >> shannon: there is a lot of back and forth on what has and what hasn't happened in syria. what is your best stem? >> i was in a region a couple of weeks ago and i had a chance to talk to the syrian opposition and clearly they are looking for more leadership from the united states. there has to be a clear policy. the united states is providing aid. it is providing what is called nonlethal aid. the question is whether it is getting to the right people and whether there is the right amount of support in order to accelerate the end of the assad regime. >> shannon: are you comfortable there is a coalesced group that the u.s. could comfortably back in some weigh as this conflict continues to drag on or do you have concerns about just how to differentbels and the

factions involved? >> the opposition is stronger and better organized. but there is a concern that some represent extreme groups some atiliated with al-qaeda. that is unacceptable with us. we need to make sure that we work only with those who are prepared to help all of the people of syria regardless of their ethnic background. and that needs to be a precondition and i know that is what the united states has said. >> shannon: what is your take on the different assertions about what level of chemical weapons have or haven't been used in syria? the president as you know has been clear as has former secretary of state clenton about crossing a red line and would change the calculation for the u.s. are you confident or convinced that chemical weapons have been used or do you need to see more evidence? >> well, the evidence is not conclusive but there is major concern that syria might in fact have used chemical weapons and that is the so-called crossing the red line. that is not acceptable.

not acceptable to the united states. not acceptable to the international community. we need to make sure that we have sufficient verification and the support of the international community to make sure that chemical weapons are not being used against the people of syria. >> shannon: if the redline has been crossed what steps would you be comfortable moving forward with? whether we are talking about a no fly zone, boots on o the ground, the nonlee shall support you said that we are currently providing or some other measure. >> the as of chemical weapons -- the use of chemical weapons is a game changer as far as international support. i think you will find stronger international support for taking direction action to make sure that syria does not use chemical weapons and that they are sufficiently controlled. that is going to be the challenge. but i do think the international community would be prepared to step up in support for the opposition and against the assad regime.

>> shannon: does it involve when you direct action troops on the ground? outside support feeding in? how would it work? >> it would not be troops on o the ground. that is not what the opposition wants. that would be counter proive. the opposition controls a large part of syria but not all of it. so it is really working with the opposition groups that are reliable seeing what they need and what type of survivors you port they need what type of equalizers they need to match the assad military machinery and i think we know pretty much a game plan here the question is whether we can mobilize the international community in a more organized way. >> do you think that bashar al assad will leave willingly or this ends differently, senator? >> he has a few options. first it is very clear that he violated international standards. he should leave syria and go to

the hague and be health accountable for his war crimes. he certainly has the military capacity to stay in power not din definitely but for a period of time. the question is there is an erosion within his inner circle. the support groups mainly are from russia and iran. the united states is working aggressively with russia to try to back off that support. i think his days are numbered and i think he knows his days are numbered. >> shannon: senator ben cardin, democrat of maryland. we thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. >> shannon: mayor wharton is calling the police union self-esche after it started a controversial public campaign. now, elizabeth prann is live to tell us. >> memphis police protesting pay cuts by sponsoring billboards claiming the is city doesn't support public safety. it reads in part danger enter at your own rick. the mayor says the signs are

costing tourism but the police association says the signs aren't directed toward the public and the city has the power to reinstate full pay. you are also reading about an old hamburger that looks leak it did it back in 1999 according to david whipple who bought it at mcdonald and forget about it years later. it still looks brand new. he says he will keep it as an experience. leaves me nice and hungry. this this couple was caught bickering at an olive garden. the man was so mad at his girlfriend he hid himself behind a men fort. the menu you for the came down when the witt treasure took away the menus. when they don't bring me my breadsticks i get just as mad. >> you know you will regret it later when you have a couple fight in public. >> when there is breadsticks involved i get really ornery.

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i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library and some have suggestd that we put it in my birth place but i would rather keep it in the the united states. >> shannon: president obama making cracks plenty of them at his own expense at last night's white house correspondents dinner. the annual ge get together that brings members of the media and politician its and hollywood stars together on the same night. ed henry served as host for the evening and did an excellent job. tomorrow will mark two weeks since the boston marathon attacks and the city is standing boston strong. one example is the owner ball and buck a small business located 100-yards from the first blast. it was closed for a few days after the attack and mark bowman created pats day funds for other businesses to join

him to make contributions to benefit the victims. he joins us live. thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for having me on. >> shannon: i know that your shop was caught in essentially an area a that was a crime scene and investigation for awhile. how did you bounce back and how are you hoping that others will join you in helping. >> i mean i think as a small business in the area we definitely wanted to do something to help out. so we instead of just trying to send a donation of our own we created what we call pats day fund.org to create a vehicle and structured program where we could all kind of donate together. band together and donate. and we are happy to have raised over $2,500 which is much more than we could have contributed alone even considering the fact that we were closed down for so long. >> shannon: fantastic. and how do you hope to use the funds? for victims? for helping the city to rebuild? what are the things that you hope you will be able to accomplish? >> absolutely.

i mean i think anything we can do to help is certainly our goal is give given contributoro options. donate to one fund or donate to the red cross. we will let the people who know the best way to distribute the funds do that. >> shannon: and much made about the people of boston and how strong they are and how hearty they are in not standing down and returning to normal life and saying you are not going to scare us off. i know that it is very much the american pride, the american spirit and that is kind of the heart of what you have in your shop as well. you want to focus on american products and those kinds of things. tell us what that is all about. >> balance and buck, everything -- at ball and back everything we sell in the store is a made in the usa product. we believe it is important to could our part to contribute to the economy and bring jobs back and that is -- that is what we offer. it is everything you can get. jeans. shirts.

accessories. other are goods. a barber shop. but it is all about usa made products. so that is what we offer. >> shannon: and looks like a cool place. next time we are in boston we will stop by and check it out. thank you so much for what you are doing to help folks and to bring something positive from a horrific event. thank you so much. >> thanks a lot. >> shannon: the competition is getting hairy in germany. find out what it takes to have the best of the beards battle. that's next. but first, a little bit more humor from the affectionately called nerd prom here in d.c. >> the problem is that the media landscape is change something rapidly you can't keep up with it. i remember when buzz feed was just something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard,

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>> shannon: a series of bombings in pakistan targeting politicians killed at least 11 people today and appear to be aimed at disrupting next month's parliamentary election. a taliban spokesman is claiming responsibility. there are concerns that the bombings will benefit hardline islamic candidates by scaring off more secular contenders. >> we he have been asking you if a federal judge should have read boston suspect dhokhar tsarnaev his miranda warning while the fbi was still

questioning him. dale wrote if he is, indeed, a legal citizen of the usa yes, the right belongs to citizens. otherwise no. and know any agrees. these guys were u.s. citizens steve all of the rights the rest of us enjoy. >> just to be clear only the second one is a u.s. citizen. and again answered with another question. he asked how much info has been gathered since he was mirandized and that is another excellent question? thank you so much for sharing. we love to hear from you. the battle of the beards. in germany a big deal. the international beard competition. shows off the bushiest biggest beards in the word and the prices are given in 18 categories including mustaches, chin beards and full beards. patrioticking creative there. that is it for us here in washington. "fox news sunday" is next. you won't want to miss it. a lot of new information about

syria and boston. i'm shannon bream. thanks for watching fox news where more news is always on the way. >> chris: i'm chris wallace. today, preventing another attack on the homeland. >> i felt like my foot was on fire. i knew i couldn't stand up. and i didn't know what to do. i was just screaming somebody please help me. >> chris: the boston bombing suspects may have just been getting started. was times square next? >> the surviving attacker revealed that new york city was next on their list of targets. >> chris: did your intelligence agencies share information about the older brother's trip to ar russia? >> that information didn't get circulated t to the best of our knowledge today and we he have questions about why